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Dr.Dietrich Prinz
Dr.Dietrich Prinz wrote the origin chess playing program for a computer -
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A.S. Douglas
A.S. Douglas created the first graphical computer game. It was a version of tic-tac-toe and it was programmed on anEDSAC vacum-tube computer. -
William Higinbotham
William Highinbotham created the first video game called "Tennis for two" on a Brookhaven National Laboratory oscilloscope. -
Steve Russell
Steve Russell invented Spacewar! It was the first game itended for computer use and it allowed multiple users to share the computer at the same time. -
Ralph Baer
Ralph Baer wrote the first video game plyed on a television set. It was called "Chase". -
Pitts and Tuck
Bill Pitts and Hugh Tuck created the earliest knwn coin-operated computer or video game, called "Galaxy Game". -
Bushel and Dabney
Two months after, Nolan Bushel and Ted Dabney created the first commercially sold coin-operated arcade game, called "Computer Space". it was based on "Spacewar!". -
Nolan and Alcorn
Nolan Bushell and Al Alcorn created the arcade game "Pong". -
Bushnell and Dabney
Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney started Atari Computers. -
Ralph Baer
Magnavox released the first commercial video game console that could be played at home. It was designed by Ralph Baer. -
Atari
Atari re-released "Pomg" as a home video game. -
Gunfight
"Gunfight", the first computer game to use a microprocessor was released. -
Fairchild
Fairchild released the first programmable home gasme console called the Fairchild Video Entertainment System. -
Crowther
Will Crowther created the first computer adventure game, called "Colossal Cave Adventure". -
Atari
Atari released an arcade game named "Breakout". -
Atari
Atari released a Football arcade game. It was the first game to use a trackball. -
Atari
Atari released "Asteroids" video arcade game. -
Atari
Atari's "Asteroids" and "Lunar Lander" were the first two video games to ever be registered in the Copyright Office. -
Namco
Namco created the Pac-Man arcade game. -
Battlezone
The first 3-D game, "Battlezone" was released. -
Defender
The first game with a virutal world was relased. It was called "Defender" -
Midway
Midway made Ms. Pac-Man arcade video game. -
Nintendo
Nintendo released "Donkey Kong" arcade game -
Dyer
Cinematronics released Rick Dyer's "Dragon Lair". It was the first game with laser-dosc technology. -
Pajitnov
Alex Pajitnov, a Russian programmer, developed the popular PC game "Tetris". -
Arcades
Arcades focus on bringin in more "ride-and-video" games like skiiing, snowboarding, and jet skiiing. -
Sims
"The Sims" is released and quickly becomes the best-selling PC game. -
World of Warcraft
"World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade" si the top-selling PC game. -
Batman
"Batman: Arkham Asylum" gets a Guinness World Record for the "Most Critically Acclaimed Superhero Game Ever". -
Batman
"Batman Arkham City" is to be released in October of 2011. -
Nishikado
Tomohiro Nishikado created an arcade video game named "Space Invaders".
